The Brookhaven leader., 1887-12-01
ALLIANCE MATTERS.
The Mission of the Farmers Al
lance.

Inc MISSION OF the FARMERS Al
lance.
The mission of the Farmers ALI
ance is to secure the enforcement of
the laws of the country faithfully and
efficiently and against every citizen
alike. To promote peace and kindly
feeling among all classes of honest
citizens III every section. TO teach
its members to know no north, no
south. no east or west. To restore
kindly feeling and neighborly friend
ship between all sections of our Uni
ted states. To secure to every honest
laborcr i'll every trade or profession
the employment of the product of his
honest toll. To prevent any classes
from enjoying any privileges not en-
,ioycd by every law-abiding citizen, to
teach man to honor men for their pa
triotism, intelligence, manhood and
honesty rather than the money to make
honest Labor honorable aud schcming
OdiuS in the sight of all men. To bring
about this much to he desired condi-
ton of things tile farmers were organ
lied, and to secure the manifold bless
ings growing ont of such ccnd itions
and properly impress the necessity of
carrying out these principles.
Teaching is the province of the Al
lance. Every intelligent person
knows that the perpetuation OF our
republican institutions depends entire
ly upon their intelligence. Therefore
the people must be properly and eff
fcctually educated in the principles of
government. as we'll as in the man
agement of private affairs, and that all
those who gain their living 10y the
sweat of their face are and should from
the very nature of things be friends.
All feeling of Jealous or hatred en-
gcndcred between the sections are
therefore grounded on ignorant pre-
.judice and should therefore be alien
ated from each honest citizens mind,
for many reasons, prominently among
them are the following: Any man who
has prejudice in his heart has no room
fUr good sense, no sensible calculation
or action can or will ever grow out Of
a prcjudiccd mind. Prejudice inca
pacitatcs any man from intciligently
managing his own private affairs to say
nothing Of his public duties. That
the Farmers Alliance must and should
stand or fall upon its own merits alone,
and not upon thA merits or dement's of
any others, it is the duty of every
honest man with good and
wholesome knowledg &c, to act at
all times from ii sound, broad stand
point and i'll All unprcjudiced man
ncr.
All true, well informed members OF
the Alliance know that there is moth
ing in our declaration of purposes or
our teaching but what is based upon
the SoumdeSt principles of patriotism
and manhood, and that, upon the
broadcast platform of human rights,
and will if successfully carried out pro
duce the greatest amount of individual
and national prosperity.
Having these objects. and these only
in view, we come before the honest
liberty-loving people of the country
north, south, east and west throughout
these United States, and invite their
closest scrutiny, and relying upon
their hearty cooperation and support.
Believing the interest OF every citizen
who labors for his bread is ideutically
the same, and that the prosperity of
one is the prosperity ofall, we earnest
" ask YOU to strike hands with us,
and with us stand or by us fall.-Hdr-
~ Tracy, in the Dallas Mercury.